MA track coaches piss of Jews in Newton, MA

Update to this story, association apologizes:

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/newton/2009/09/track_coaches_association_apol.html

But what a fucking cunt that rabbi is:

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However, the rabbi who raised questions about the scheduling said she is not satisfied with the statement.

“They have a right to respond however they’re going to respond, they don’t have to apologize, that’s fine, just don’t call it an apology,” Rabbi Susan Fendrick said in response to the statement.

“I don’t think they get it,” she continued. “I don’t think anyone has insinuated that they intended to offend anyone. This is an apology that basically says, ‘I’m sorry you’re upset.' If they don’t want to admit they made a mistake, that’s fine, but then they have to acknowledge that people are going to voice their opinions.’”

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Jews are never happy. It's just a fact of life, always playing the victim.

You are a first class idiot, you do realize that, don't you?

The Woodbridge XC Invitational is on the same day. No one seems to be complaining.

I was a former captain of Newton North, I don't know, the jews in that school might be easy to piss off but coach Blackburn is an absolutely legend. Blackburn doesn't get pissed off, he expresses mild discontent at the situation and uses his sheer will to twist the fabric of time named "future".

Do you wierdos just make up this nonsense as you go?

Read the artical again numb nuts, or better yet, dont rely on wiki for all the info. it says that 90% of the christians are filipino. Saudi arabia has about 8 mil people, about 2 mill christian, which is still more than one would think.

Read the artical again numb nuts, or better yet, dont rely on wiki for all the info. it says that 90% of the christians are filipino. Saudi arabia has about 8 mil people, about 2 mill christian, which is still more than one would think.

MA track coaches 'piss of Jews'...???

Is that like a 'flock of sheep' or a 'murder of crows' or a 'school of fish'???

In Newton, they should do like Poland, Israel, Russia, Germany, Iran, and have apartheid. With separate schools, track meets, shopping centers, Starbucks, etc. for Jews, Arabs, and Gentiles. Of course, you would have to change the U.S Constitution, but that should be no problem, in this day and age.

yo mamma wrote:

I was a former captain of Newton North, I don't know, the jews in that school might be easy to piss off but coach Blackburn is an absolutely legend. Blackburn doesn't get pissed off, he expresses mild discontent at the situation and uses his sheer will to twist the fabric of time named "future".

Can someone translate this to English please? Thanks.

I actually am an Orthodox Jew and here is my opinion if anyone cares (although i doubt it!).

The Rabbi in this story is not an Orthodox rabbi. She doesn't care if there are meets on Saturdays but she got all worked up because it was Rosh Hashana (in reality, for observant Jews, Saturday is stricter than Rosh Hashana).

Why is that? Why the fuss?

The reason is, contrary to all the nonsense i've read in this thread, is that this has nothing to do with religion at all. It is all related to cultural sensitivity. She felt that it was a slight against the Jews who are not religious but who only observe the High Holidays. They will drive to synagogue but they will not run in a meet (which technically is not a religious transgression). The Jews in her community don't do much all year round but they do get semi-serious on the High Holidays (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur). Again, this is not religion but culture.

My opinion? She is wrong. Those who choose to run, should run. Those who deem it more important to spend the day with family, should not run.

There are those in this thread that have stated that Jews tend to exaggerate situations -- and they are somewhat correct. We do have too many holidays and we unreasonably expect everyone to be aware of them. I think if this was about Yom Kippur i would be more sympathetic. I think we should just demand some respect for Yom Kippur and hold the line there!

Thanks for your post, jewrunner. You make a lot of sense.

I wonder if the reason for all of this hoopla is not also due to the fact the the Rabbi's daughter is on the team in question. Would she have made such a fuss if it had been someone else's child?

Brian wrote:

Some Coach wrote:

Ok, Ok .... it's not 90% Christian .... my point is that the # of kids who actively practice judaism has to far fewer than 5%, so why would a meet cancel for that?

Now, maybe Newton has a higher percentage of Jews than other communities .... but deal with it on your own terms, don't bring down the rest of the State of MA.

I agree totally. Now if only we would hold Christians to the same rules of equal, rather than special, rights. If one's religion requires one to do something that has no secular rationale, you have every right to do it, but the rest of us have no obligation to accommodate it.

Brian ... you just don't get it. Whether you like it or not, this is a country based on doing what's best for the majority .... majority rules. If you have an invitational on RH, it will have little effect on participation. If you schedule an indoor invite on Christmas day, very few people would show up ... and most of the Jewish athletes would be put out because it would screw up their Chinese dinner and movie (a somewhat consistent tradition among Jews where I live.) It's just the way it is; everyone thinks life is supposed to be fair and equal ... and it is not.

I don't think Jewish or Christian elite marathoners follow the Sabbath legalistically. If they did, they wouldn't have a career.

There are 81 Invites this weekend (sept. 19) throughout the country for HS kids.

I wonder how many of them have a whinny Jew calling the papers to complain?